Catalysis Science & Technology
Emerging Investigator Series
Submissions open:
1 January 2021
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
Catalysis Science & Technology is pleased to present its inaugural Emerging Investigator Series, showcasing the work being conducted by Emerging Investigators in all areas of catalysis science across the globe. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers, who have been identified as having the potential to influence future directions in the field.
Carbon for Catalysis
Submissions open:
1 April 2024
Deadline:
31 December 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Xulian Pan (ORCID: ) (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China), Andrea Rossin (ORCID: ) (CNR-ICCOM, Italy), & De Chen (ORCID: ) (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Carbon, one of the earth's most abundant resources, is finding more and more applications in broad areas of science. Catalysis has felt the benefit of the increasing attention paid to carbon and its uses, with a variety of applications in its field. This includes but is not limited to, carbon-supported heterogenous catalysts, carbon-based homogenous catalysts, carbon reaction mediums, carbon electrodes for electro- and photocatalysis, carbon as a feedstock and many more.
Plasma Catalysis
Submissions open:
1 May 2024
Deadline:
30 November 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Chiara Genovese (ORCID: ) (University of Messina), Georgi Trenchev (ORCID: ) (D-CRBN)
Non-thermal plasma is an emerging technology for sustainable chemical production, aiding in the electrification of industrial processes particularly those powered by renewable energy sources. Its benefits include rapid on/off switching and a small footprint. Coupling with catalysis offers greater control over reaction pathways and modulation but controlling specific conversion paths remains challenging due to their complexity. Consequently, the technology is still far from reaching research maturity. Despite progress, understanding the interaction mechanisms between plasma and catalysts, crucial for upscaling, is still not fully understood. This special collection focuses on recent advances in the development of plasma technologies to integrate in energy intensive industries to achieve the ambitious target of zero emissions in the view of a circular carbon economy.
The special collection will include primary research and reviews on the following topics:
- Understanding of plasma surface chemistry in non-thermal plasma assisted catalytic processes for the better design of catalysts in the view of upscaling
- The design of plasma reactors in lab and/or industrial scale
- Non-thermal plasma processes in lab scale and/or under relevant conditions for upscaling (including plasma catalysis, plasma photo- and plasma electro- catalysis)
Advanced Catalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
31 March 2025
Guest Editor(s):
Dr Kalliopi Kousi (University of Surrey, UK)
Dr Eleonora Cali (Politechnical di Torino, Italy)
Dr Manuel Ramos Murillo (Universidad Autónoma of Ciudad Juárez, México)
Dr Raúl Pérez Hernández (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, México)
Dr Quan Li, Honourary Guest Editor (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
This new special collection, hosted across Nanoscale Advances and Catalysis Science & Technology, is in conjunction with symposia held at IMRC Cancun in August 2024.
EES Catalysis
Understanding and new approaches to create synergy between catalysis and plasma
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
30 January 2025
Guest Editor(s):
(University of Messina)
(University of Antwerp)
(University of Notre Dame)
In this gold open-access themed collection, we aim to cover the latest developments at the forefront of this field, with a focus on emerging catalysts and methods. Plasma catalysis aims to combine plasma's high reactivity with catalysts' selectivity, thus achieving the best of both worlds. However, the identification of how to realise a synergic interaction is still elusive. Fundamental and applied contributions are welcome.
The themed collection aims to define the state, gaps, and perspectives, including new unexplored directions, a crucial challenge of plasma catalysis. This will move us to the next step in applying this technology to open new avenues for carbon-free, sustainable energy and chemistry production.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- discuss and identify new and recent trends in plasma catalysis in terms of advances in understanding the mechanism, including from a modelling perspective.
- new experimental approaches, including the development of novel plasma reactors.
- enhancing the synergy between plasma and catalysis.
Green Chemistry
Green and Sustainable Batteries Themed Collection
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
31 March 2025
Guest Editor(s):
Magda Titirici (Imperial College London), Rebeca Marcilla (IMDEA Energy Institute), Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo (Institute of Carboquimica ICB-CSIC) and Theresa Schoetz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
This themed collection will showcase cutting-edge research, advancements, and remaining challenges in sustainable batteries that balance performance, cost and environmental sustainability. The collection aims to uncover new research opportunities in this field by featuring multidisciplinary research on alternative battery chemistries, sustainable electrolytes, sustainability assessment (including assessing materials criticality and its environmental impact), battery recycling, electrodes manufacturing for improved performance, understanding and preventing degradation and improving lifetime, design for disassembly and techno-economic assessment among other topics closely fitting to the sustainable battery topic.
Make polymers sustainable, why and how?
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
31 May 2025
Guest Editor(s):
Maiyong Zhu (Jiangsu University), Gerard Lligadas (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Fiona L. Hatton (Loughborough University), Garret Miyake (Colorado State University), and Antoine Buchard (University of York)
It is estimated that more than 300 million tons of synthetic polymeric materials are being produced every year and most are made from petroleum-based feedstocks. As the global consumption of polymers increases each year, this puts an unsustainable demand on our finite and non-renewable fossil fuel resources. In addition, the ever-growing quantity of polymers becoming waste at the end of their life presents serious environmental problems due to their persistence and potential ecotoxicity. This themed collection will showcase cutting-edge research and advancements in developing more sustainable methods to tackle these global challenges.
Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
Open for nominations now
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
Green Chemistry is proud to present its Emerging Investigator Series, showcasing the work being conducted by Emerging Investigators. This collection aims to highlight the excellent research being carried out by researchers in the early stages of their independent careers from across the breadth of green chemistry.
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 Jan 2021
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering is pleased to present its Emerging Investigator Series, showcasing the work being conducted by Emerging Investigators in all areas of reaction engineering across the globe. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers, who have been identified as having the potential to influence future directions in the field.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels
Metal-Free Photo/electrocatalysts for Sustainable Energy Solutions
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
20 December 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Menny Shalom (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), Sebastian Sprick (University of Strathclyde, UK) and Xinchen Wang (Fuzhou University, China)
This Sustainable Energy & Fuels themed collection, guest edited by Menny Shalom, Sebastian Sprick, and Xinchen Wang, will showcase metal-free photo- and electrocatalytic materials for sustainable energy applications.
Photo- and electrocatalysis are promising research areas for sustainable energy applications and chemicals production. Metal-free photo- and electrocatalysts for energy conversion potentially offer a low-cost and efficient solution. These materials include carbon nitrides, boron carbon nitrides, triazine-based frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, conjugated materials as well as composites and biohybrid systems. This collection aims to highlight the unique properties of metal-free photo- and electrocatalysts and their important energy applications such as photocatalytic water splitting, carbon dioxide reduction, hydrogen peroxide production and organic transformation reactions.
Green and Sustainable Batteries Themed Collection
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
31 March 2025
Guest Editor(s):
Magda Titirici (Imperial College London), Rebeca Marcilla (IMDEA Energy Institute), Cristina Pozo-Gonzalo (Institute of Carboquimica ICB-CSIC) and Theresa Schoetz (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
This themed collection will showcase cutting-edge research, advancements, and remaining challenges in sustainable batteries that balance performance, cost and environmental sustainability. The collection aims to uncover new research opportunities in this field by featuring multidisciplinary research on alternative battery chemistries, sustainable electrolytes, sustainability assessment (including assessing materials criticality and its environmental impact), battery recycling, electrodes manufacturing for improved performance, understanding and preventing degradation and improving lifetime, design for disassembly and techno-economic assessment among other topics closely fitting to the sustainable battery topic.
Next-generation battery technologies beyond lithium
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
30 April 2025
Guest Editor(s):
Chunmei Ban (University of Colorado Boulder, USA), Guillermo Alvarez Ferrero (Humboldt University, Germany), Marta Sevilla (Instituto Nacional del Carbón – CSIC, Spain) and Feixiang Wu (Central South University, China)
This Sustainable Energy & Fuels themed collection, guest edited by Chunmei Ban, Guillermo Alvarez Ferrero, Marta Sevilla and Feixiang Wu, will highlight alternatives to lithium-based battery designs and technologies.
Lithium-ion based batteries are an essential part of the world’s energy infrastructure, however lithium-based energy storage systems have challenges in terms of safety, global demand for lithium, energy intensive production and ease of recycling. This collection aims to highlight alternative materials, electrolytes and technologies to develop the next generation of non-lithium batteries
Topics in scope for this collection include, but are not limited to, alternative alkali and alkali-earth metal batteries (including metal-ion, metal-air and sulfur-based systems), all solid-state batteries, multivalent batteries, and other technologies for non-lithium ion energy storage (e.g., redox flow batteries or dual-ion batteries). We especially value studies that prioritize sustainability as a central focus and encourage life cycle assessment studies.
Sustainable Energy & Fuels Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 July 2022
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A (these ongoing series do not have Guest Editors)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels is delighted to announce our Emerging Investigators Series, highlighting the very best work from researchers in the early stages of their independent careers. The collection showcases research from early career energy scientists who are working towards making future energy technologies more sustainable, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 and the scope of Sustainable Energy & Fuels.
Industrial Chemistry & Materials
Turning Emissions to Solutions: Innovations in CO2 Capture, Conversion, and Utilization
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
28 February 2025
Guest Editor(s):
Prof. Chunshan Song (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
Prof. Atsushi Urakawa (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Prof. De Chen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
Prof. Christoph Mueller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Prof. Angela Dibenedetto (University of Bari, Italy)
CO2 capture, conversion, and utilization (CCU) are essential components in the future of carbon management, addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges: mitigating climate change. These processes are enabled by the development of advanced sorbent and catalyst materials, often combined with innovative reactor designs and novel process concepts that enhance efficiency and scalability.
This special issue highlights cutting-edge research and expert perspectives on the current status, future directions, and recent breakthroughs in CCU technologies. By showcasing advancements in material science, process engineering, and industrial applications, this collection provides a comprehensive overview of how these innovations are shaping the future of carbon management strategies.
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